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Author · Storyteller
Emily Palmer
@emilypalmer
Writer of speculative fiction with a particular interest in believable people, strong settings and stories that earn their endings.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Emily Palmer writes speculative fiction and literary fiction. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
The interesting part usually begins where the easy answer stops.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Emily Palmer
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Currently creating
First draft
The Quiet Shelf
In a Worcester library built around a room that never quite matches the rest of the building, a cataloguer begins to notice that certain books are returning with their contents altered. The changes are small at first, then personal, and she has to decide whether the library is preserving memory or quietly editing it out of existence.
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